# South Dakota — Homestead exemption amounts by state

For South Dakota, homestead exemption is The homestead, including a homestead listed for sale, of every family, resident in this state, so long as it continues to possess the character of a homestead is exempt from judicial sale, from judgment lien, and from all mesne or final process from any court, to the extent and as provided by statute; statute is 43-31-1 . Homestead exempt from judicial sale, judgment lien, and mesne or final process--Mobile homes--Senior citizens, verified against its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** South Dakota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Homestead exemption:** The homestead, including a homestead listed for sale, of every family, resident in this state, so long as it continues to possess the character of a homestead is exempt from judicial sale, from judgment lien, and from all mesne or final process from any court, to the extent and as provided by statute _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 43-31-1 . Homestead exempt from judicial sale, judgment lien, and mesne or final process--Mobile homes--Senior citizens. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Area limit:** If within a town plat the homestead must not exceed one acre in extent, and if not within a town plat, it must not embrace in the aggregate more than one hundred sixty acres _(per sdlegislature.gov, not stated by the source above)_

## What the source says

> The homestead, including a homestead listed for sale, of every family, resident in this state, so long as it continues to possess the character of a homestead is exempt from judicial sale, from judgment lien, and from all mesne or final process from any court, to the extent and as provided by statute.

## The source states this two ways

The same publisher states this differently in more than one place. Each version is reproduced with the page it came from.

### Statute

sdlegislature.gov says statute is **43-31-1 . Homestead exempt from judicial sale, judgment lien, and mesne or final process--Mobile homes--Senior citizens.**, as of 2026-08-31.

> The homestead, including a homestead listed for sale, of every family, resident in this state, so long as it continues to possess the character of a homestead is exempt from judicial sale, from judgment lien, and from all mesne or final process from any court, to the extent and as provided by statute.

Source: https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/2065517.html

sdlegislature.gov says statute is **43-31-4 . Limited area of homestead--Mineral lands.**, as of 2026-08-31.

> If within a town plat the homestead must not exceed one acre in extent, and if not within a town plat, it must not embrace in the aggregate more than one hundred sixty acres.

Source: https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/2065520.html


## Source

- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/2065517.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/2065520.html

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-02-27.
Part of [Homestead exemption amounts by state](https://referencesource.org/state-homestead-exemption-amounts/).